The reigning champions led 3-0 after the first leg at The Home Depot Center last weekend and it appeared that the Sounders had worked their way back into calculations on Sunday when they went two-nil up in the return bout.

However, the Galaxy won a penalty which was converted by Robbie Keane with just over 20 minutes remaining to see the Sounders take the fixture 2-1 but allowing LA to move into the Final for the second season in a row.

Galaxy skipper Landon Donovan was full of praise for his teammates after a tough aggregate victory whilst star midfielder David Beckham felt it added another string to the clubs bow to get to the decider the hard way.

"We've got a bunch of champions in this locker room and even though going down a goal, going down a second goal, we were still resilient and got the goal that kind of broke their back," said Donovan.

Beckham added: "Every success that the club has is obviously rewarding, whether we've done it the easy way or the hard way.